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air pressure

[ air presh-er ]

noun

  1. the force exerted by air, whether compressed or unconfined, on any surface in contact with it.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of air pressure1

First recorded in 1870–75
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As air pressure in the chamber decreased, the air inside the teacakes expanded until the chocolate cracked and the mallow filling puffed out.

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And in the Pacific north-west , communities are still recovering after last week's bomb cyclone, an intense weather event that takes place when air pressure quickly drops off the coast.

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The "bomb cyclone" - as forecasters call it - is caused by air pressure quickly dropping off the coast, which has rapidly intensified the weather system.

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Simulations with a computer model suggest that the singers can, among others, only produce their highest frequencies with a greatly increased tension in the vocal folds, supported by high expiratory air pressures.

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When sinuses are functioning normally, he says, air moves freely so that the air pressure in the nose and sinuses is the same as in one’s surrounding atmosphere.

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